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diff --git a/Help/command/FIND_XXX_ROOT.txt b/Help/command/FIND_XXX_ROOT.txt index 407375a..7f80dcb 100644 --- a/Help/command/FIND_XXX_ROOT.txt +++ b/Help/command/FIND_XXX_ROOT.txt @@ -1,10 +1,17 @@ The CMake variable CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH specifies one or more directories to be prepended to all other search directories. This effectively "re-roots" the entire search under given locations. By -default it is empty. It is especially useful when cross-compiling to +default it is empty. + +The :variable:`CMAKE_SYSROOT` variable can also be used to specify exactly one +directory to use as a prefix. Setting :variable:`CMAKE_SYSROOT` also has other +effects. See the documentation for that variable for more. + +These variables are especially useful when cross-compiling to point to the root directory of the target environment and CMake will search there too. By default at first the directories listed in -CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH and then the non-rooted directories will be +CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH are searched, then the :variable:`CMAKE_SYSROOT` directory is +searched, and then the non-rooted directories will be searched. The default behavior can be adjusted by setting |CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_XXX|. This behavior can be manually overridden on a per-call basis. By using CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH |